Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Gold swivel crown

Gold swivel crown

The ship operated between Bremen and Buenos Aires on the line's South American service and was equipped with wireless and "submarine sounding apparatus"with accommodations for 116 first class

without date on the reverse

Awarded by: with “Mission Dist

obverse centre exhibiting an engraved head of Athena surrounded by an enameled blue border inscribed CAMPAÑA A BOLIVIA I EL PERU (Bolivian and Peruvian Campaign)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Gold swivel crown(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.